LYCANTHROPE


Meaning of LYCANTHROPE in English

/luy"keuhn throhp', luy kan"throhp/ , n.

1. a person affected with lycanthropy.

2. a werewolf or alien spirit in the physical form of a bloodthirsty wolf.

[ 1615-25; lykánthropos wolf-man, equiv. to lýk ( os ) WOLF + ánthropos man ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .